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Chapter 43

           Yet,nonothywoundsareuncuredMeetnotthatproudmanwhyshouldstthouperishalso?"

           ButIvanhoewasalreadyathispost,andhadclosedhisvisor,andassumedhislance.Bois-Guilbertdidthesame;andhisesquireremarked,asheclaspedhisvisor,thathisface,whichhad,notwithstandingthevarietyofemotionsbywhichhehadbeenagitated,continuedduringthewholemorningofanashypaleness,wasnowbecomesuddenlyverymuchflushed.

           Theherald,then,seeingeachchampioninhisplace,upliftedhisvoice,repeatingthrice"Faitesvosdevoirs,preuxchevaliers!"Afterthethirdcry,hewithdrewtoonesideofthelists,andagainproclaimed,thatnone,onperilofinstantdeath,shoulddare,byword,cry,oraction,tointerferewithordisturbthisfairfieldofcombat.TheGrandMaster,whoheldinhishandthegageofbattle,Rebecca’sglove,nowthrewitintothelists,andpronouncedthefatalsignalwords,"Laissezaller".

           Thetrumpetssounded,andtheknightschargedeachotherinfullcareer.TheweariedhorseofIvanhoe,anditsnolessexhaustedrider,wentdown,asallhadexpected,beforethewell-aimedlanceandvigoroussteedoftheTemplar.Thisissueofthecombatallhadforeseen;butalthoughthespearofIvanhoedidbut,incomparison,touchtheshieldofBois-Guilbert,thatchampion,totheastonishmentofallwhobehelditreeledinhissaddle,losthisstirrups,andfellinthelists

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